im sure some of you guys have used this before but i didnt see it listed here so i thought id share it with you all !!! it is simple to make and works GREAT for channel cats !!

buy one pound of boneless skinless chicken breast cut it up into pieces the size that you will use for bait put it in a one gallon ziplock bag and add one whole 1 oz bottle of anise oil. let it soak in the refrigerator until you use it, whatever is left over after your trip just throw it back into the fridge !! for some reason it doesnt get BAD, i used the same bag all summer last year  and kept it in the fridge  !!!

P.S  you can separate it into smaller bags after it soaks for about a week in the oil or make smaller bags up with less oil in them. you CAN freeze it after it soaks for a week or so but you  do NOT have to freeze it !!!

I went camping over Memorial Day weekend and when we got home I found some chicken breast in the cooler that had gone a bit bad. I sat that in the fridge until the following weekend then fished with chunks of it. The channels were tearing it up.

The smell was pretty awful and the wife was none too happy about rotten chicken stinking up the fridge, but it was mighty fine bait!

I dont know why plain wouldn't work,,,and yes hotdogs, little smokies, spam all work at times,,,you just gotta be there with it at that time  :grin:

I have another version of the chicken breast take 3 skinless breast and mix with 2 small boxes of strawberry banana (sugar free jello). shake it up real well and keep it in the fridge till  you are ready to go fishing .i always use this on a rod or two while flattie fishing to catch me a mess of channels for the hot grease.